WIT asked for report on spending

WATERFORD Institute of Technology has been asked to give an immediate report to the state’s third-level funding agency on spending on its president’s office, including more than €140,000 on courier and taxi services since 2004.

The spending by the office of Professor Kieran Byrne, whose 10-year term ends this weekend, is believed to total more than €3.5 million in that period.

The records have been released under Freedom of Information and spending by his office is already the subject of an independent review by accountants Deloitte, ordered by the college’s governing body.